Home

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Fisheries Development of the Government of Kenya. It is mandated to conduct aquatic research covering all the Kenyan waters and the corresponding riparian areas including the Kenyan's EEZ in the Indian Ocean waters. The Institute was established by an Act of Parliament (Science and Technology Act, Cap 250 of the Laws of Kenya) in 1979 and run by a Board of Management...[More]

 

Briefs

KMFRI launches state of the art reseach vessel – Fisheries Development Minister unveils RV Uvumbuzi…[More]

KCDP Project-Promoting environmentally sustainable development at the coast: KMFRI together with key development and conservation agencies have developed a project proposal aiming at promoting an environmentally sustainable management of Kenya’s coastal and marineresources. The project is hoping to receive funding through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) trust fund...[More]

SWIOFP Project – Providing an opportunity for assessment of existing and new fisheries in the Kenyan EEZ waters.  Based on the concept of Ecosystem Approch to Fisheries (EAF) Kenya will be taking part in the GEF-World Bank project to assess off shore fish stocks.  The project expexted to last for 5 years involve eight other countries in the SWIO region...[More] 

LVEMP II Project - After the successful completion of LVEMP I, World bank accepted to fund the second phase LVEMP II which is designed to upscale the successful interventions of LVEMP I by strengthening both regional and national institutional capacity from managing shared natural resources…[More]